emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
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Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
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4.0
funny lighthearted medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous lighthearted slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted relaxing medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

Beautiful narration on the audio version. Loved Ben as a MMC, he was complex and defied many stereotypes - he was the highlight of the book for me. 
adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous emotional lighthearted medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I really wanted to like this book but I never found myself excited to read it. 

babybeebee's review

5.0

this whole series is just a cozy little blanket & I love it so much. The audiobook reader is amazing as well, such a lovely fall read!
emotional funny lighthearted slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

This was the final book in the Glimmer Falls series and I enjoyed this one more than book 2. I went in with the right level of expectation having read Glimmer Falls before and was happy with what I read. 

I did find some elements of the dialogue felt like they were trying to hard to be quirky but there was funny one-liners and as a book to escape into, it did the job. 

I found the characterisation of Ben being a green-fingered BFG added a fun element to a typical urban fantasy romance. He had vulnerability and maturity (as if hope for a 38yr old male romance lead) and could own his mistakes. 

The “crisis” point at the end of the novel felt underwhelming and I could see that from a mile off so I haven’t rated that higher. 

This book is also very long. Which, all in all didn’t drag too much but there was definitely a pacing issue and I do feel like more cuts could have been made. 

Eleanore was funny for being a vampire who had not been accustomed to modern life and that trope left itself fall into the usual hilarity of trying to explain the modern world to an ancient being. However, after three rounds of this trope within this series - I was kinda of over it at the same time. 

There was an extract for Hawley’s newest book due out soon and I am still intrigued enough to wish to read her further work. 

Overall, 3 stars!